DxO Optics Pro 8.1.3 adds Leica M9, Nikon D5200 and Panasonic FZ200

DxO Labs has released version 8.1.3 of its DxO Optics Pro software. The Elite edition of the latest version extends support to the Leica M-E, the M9, and the M9-P rangefinders. Both the Elite and Standard versions gain support for the Nikon D5200, Panasonic DMC-FZ200, and Canon SX50 HS. The update also adds 260 lens and cameras combinations for Canon, Leica, Panasonic, Sigma, Sony, Tamron, Tokina, and Zeiss users. These new lens correction modules join the existing list of over 10,000 combinations. DxO Optics Pro v8.1.3 is available for immediate download from the company's website.

DxO Optics Pro v8.1.3 supports six new cameras, including the Leica M-E, M9, and M9-P

260 new DxO Optics Modules available

February 13, 2013 – DxO Labs announces the immediate availability DxO Optics Pro v8.1.3 for Mac and Windows, the latest version of its image processing software of reference for all serious photographers. This upgrade allows the Elite edition of DxO Optics Pro 8 to support three Leica cameras with telemetric viewfinders: the M-E, the M9, and the M9-P. Three other cameras complete the list of equipment supported by both the Standard and Elite editions of this new version: the Nikon D5200, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ200, and the Canon PowerShot SX50 HS.

Ever more DxO Optics Modules

Developed in the laboratory using an exclusive calibration process, DxO Optics Modules contain tens of thousands of data points about the intrinsic characteristics and flaws of each camera and lens. This database, unique in all the world, allows DxO Optics Pro to automatically correct all the optical flaws in RAW and JPEG images – distortion, vignetting, chromatic aberrations, lens softness – with an unrivaled level of quality.

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I am looking to some software to make the best of my FZ200. (Currentley I use Picasa from Google)

I just want to know :Is this the best software to utilise my FZ 200 optimum or should I look to other options?Does this software support JPEG as well as RAW formats?What edition (std,elite or pro) will support the fz 200 best?

You can always download the DXO trialware and try it with those FZ200 raws. (jpeg is an output format, though frequently these raw editors can edit them too. GIMP is good free editing software for jpegs and tiffs, etc).

You should know that there are other raw extraction programs that run on Windows and Mac.

Aftershot, from Corel now, but originally called Bibble. Also runs on Linux machines.

CaptureOne, which has trialware.

Adobe Camera Raw, which comes as part of PhotoShop Elements 11, Adobe Lightroom 4 or PhotoShop CS6. (NB: the PSE version is limited, others can say if the Lightroom version is limited.)

Then there's the awful Silkypix 5, but it's an option, and like DXO, CapturOne, and perhaps Aftershot, there's trialware.

Nikon's Capture NX 2 has some capacity to do extraction of raws by other manufacturers, and there's trialware for testing.

You'd best give yourself at least a couple of hours of testing time with the trialware versions before making a selection.

Warning: Silkypix 5 is horrible raw extraction software, something I noted but need to repeat. Yes I've tried it and you can too for free, but it's just a waste, and the Pro version does not simply cost 40usd, perhaps the limited one does though.

For about 80usd you can get a copy of the limited but excellent Adobe Photoshop Elements 11. Adobe Camera Raw, which runs from within PSE 11, is excellent with Panasonic raws--I know because I own an LX5.

Huh? Leiica M9 DNG's for me now work perfectly with DXO. DXO, that before did not open Leica DNG's, now reads the DNG in a second or so. So you "Still no DNG support... :-(" simply is not true for Leica DNG's.

Adobe and DX0 may eventually tweak things to work better for Xtrans, but basic design is flawed. Color resolution is actually worse than bayer for some reason, even with JPEGs. Sorta the opposite effect of Foveon, it is a lower frequency for red and blue, even though it has the same percentage of each, compared to bayer.

In some situations, indoors, in particular ACR is very good for XTrans filtered Fuji raws.

I've come round to the idea that the tweaked version of Silkypix which Fuji ships with the Xtrans filtered cameras is pretty good below ISO 1600 for the XPro1 and XE1. (The main program from Silkypix itself, Silkypix 5, remains horrid, and not just for these XTrans cameras' raws.)

CaptureOne also does a good job below ISO 1600 with those cameras, including greenery outdoors.

These variable results suggest that there's a big possibility of improvement. Though of course that may not happen.

Yeah but that new Leica M uses a new variation of DNG that Photoshop CS5 has to translate to open. CS6 can open that newer DNG format. All of this suggests to me that DXO should open the new Leica M DNGs is about 2016.

(Leica posted DNG samples that's how I can make these comments about Photoshop, haven't tried Aftershot yet.)

Unfortunately, that's not gonna happen. DxO explain on their website that it would be too complicated to support X-Trans and EXR sensors, because their algorithms for demosaicing and denoising are optimized for Bayer sensors.They specifically mention that they have no plans to support X-Pro1, X-E1, X10, X-S1 and XF1. This means, of course, that they won't support X20 or X100S either.

such a lame excuse, everything can be done, they just don't have the interest to invest in resources to figure this out. sounds like they are just pushing old algorithms forward into new releases. come on and hire some people to solve it!

Oh, well their testing is just incredibly time consuming, and hey, it's worth the wait, since their results are so much better and Adobe's...oh, nevermind. ACR and LR have caught up and surpassed. Just get one of those and use them today. Tomorrow may never come for DX0.

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